Re: Airing Down

On 6/12/2024 3:03 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v4cqah$1pk8f$1@dont-email.me...
 On 6/12/2024 11:14 AM, pyotr filipivich wrote:

"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:32:44
-0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:

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 ... and yet the money some folks spend on their off road rigs just to go
out and try the hardest trails and beat them up is crazy.
 Bob La Londe
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The craziest vehicle misuse I've watched was snowmobiles on water. Powerful ones can stay on plane at sufficient speed but none turn very well. Surprisingly the failures could eventually be started again after being dragged out of the water.

I think the biggest reason snowmobiles manage to "ski" on water so well is not just the ski, but also the track can get a grip on the water to keep it going fast enough.
I seem to recall dirt bikes with some types of tires can also hydroplane/ski across water, and I think Mythbusters did some short tests with cars.
If you lose "traction" and slow down its all over.
You do the same thing with a fast (ish) boat, but you have the advantage of floating when you fall off plane in most boats.  LOL.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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